Box filler



April 14, 1925. 1,533,890

O. B. NEWMAN BOX FILLER Filed Sept. 17. 1924 lil Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.`

OLLIE B. NEWMAN, OF CAMP CHASE, HIO.

BOX FILLER.

Application filed September 17, 1924. Serial No. 738,258.

To aZZ fio/rom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OLLIE B. NEWMAN, a citizen of the United States, iesiding at Camp Chase, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Box Fillers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention is directed to iinprovements in devices for filling boxes with ice cream or the like directly from the'containers or cans.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this character so constructed that a box for retailing ice cream in quantities of one-half pint, pint or quart can be easily andv quickly forced into a can containing ice cream and compactly filled without the aid of a spoon or clipper as is now the usual practice.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character constructed in such manner that it can be conveniently mounted upon a cabinet containing ice cream cans in a position to force the box into a selected can for filling the same for retail customers.

lilith these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accon'ipanyingr drawing, in Which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device.

Figure 2 is a side view.v j

Figure 5 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Figure L1 is a. vertical sectional view through the boxY holder. i

Figure is a bottom view thereof.

Figure 6 isa detail sectional view of the rod adjusting means.

Referring to the drawing 1 designates an ice cabinet in which the usual ice cream containing cans 2 are placed and from which cream is sold in small quantities. It is the usual practice to use a dipper or spoon forV removing the cream from the can and packing the same in the boxes, but this requires considerable time and trouble and it is to overcome this objection that the presentinvention has been perfected. A

The cabinet in this instance has contained therein a pair of cans, but it will be of course understood that the device can be used with equal success in connection with one or more than two cans, said-cabinet being provided with the usual top Suitably mounted upon the upper edge posed between the side bars of the frame 8 and pivotally connected thereto is a sleeve 11 and carried by said sleeve is a tubular extension 12 in which is slidably mounted a locking bolt This bolt has a groove la therein and in which is engaged a pin 15 arried by the extension 12.

The extension is provided with ahead 16 provided with an `inclined surface 17 and further has swivelly connected to its outer end a handle 18 provided with ya'rib 19 vadapted to co-act with the surface 17 to withdraw the bolt when the handle is rotated, the pin l5 preventing the bolt from rotating. The bolt is normally held in its operative position by the coil spring 21, and has its inner end provided with a jaw 20, the purposeof which will appear later.

Slidably engaged in the sleeve 11`is a shaft 22 provided throughout its length with annular grooves-23 and which co-opcrate with the jaw 20 to hold the shaft interlocked with the sleeve in selected positions. The lower end of the shafthas secured thereto a disk 24 having a pair of diametrically opposed fiins 25 on its periphery for detachable engagement withV the bayonet slots 26 formed in the box holder 27. This holder is formed from suitable metal and receives and holds the cardboard boxes 28 of varying capacities. In order to lpermit the holder to readily enter the frozen cream in the cans 2 the lower edge thereof is provided with a cutting edge 29 and a resultant shoulder 301113011 which the open end of the box 28 rests.

Slidable in the shaft 22 is a rod 31, the lower end of which has fixed thereto a disk 32 adapted to engage the inverted bottom ofthe box 28 to'hold the same against u ward movement in the holder when t e CJI same being forced into the cream. The upper end of this rod is provided with a pin 33 adapted to selectively engage the notches 3e formed in the casing 35, said notches opening into the vertical slot 36 formed in said casing. The casing is suitably fixe-d upon the upper end of the shaft 22. In the drawing the disk 32 is shown engaged with the bottom of a box of one-half pint capacity and at which time the pin is engaged in the lowermost notch 34. lVhen it is desired to till a pint box the pin 33 is engaged in the uppermost notch and when a quart box is beingvilled the pin engages the upper wall of the slot 36. In this manner the disk 32 can be easily and quickly adjusted to cooperate with boxes of varying capacities.

A wire strand 37 is carried by the lower end of the holder 27 and is so arranged as to cross, as at 38, said wire serving, whenthe holder is rotated to sever the cream even with the open end of the box 28. To rotate the holder 2T a cross handle 3) is connected to the lower end of the casing To prevent the cre-am can 2 from turning with the holder 27, a clamp 40 is engaged therewith, said clamp being adjustably connected with a post ell fixed to the under surface of the top 3.

In use, a box of the desired capacity is placed within the holder 217 in an inverted position and the rod 3l adjusted so that the disk 82 rests upon the bottom of the box to hold the rim thereof upon the shoulder 30, whereupon the shaft 22 is interlocked with the sleeve 11 by the bolt 13, and upon swinging the handle l0 downwardly the holder will be forced into the frozen cream, thus filling the box. The shaftL is then rotated to cause the wire 37 to sever the creamevenly with the rim of the bex andthe handle is then swung upwardly a su'iicient distance to permit the holder 2T to be disengaged from the disk 2li and upon inverting` the holderthe box 2S can be conveniently removed therefrom.

By telescopically connecting the sections 7 the frame 8 will be permitted to be adjusted to positionsto suit the positions of the cans 2 so that the device can be used in connection with cabinets of various sizes, the construction also permitting the frame to be swung freely to different positions.

The handle l0 being formed fromk telescopically connected sections different leverages can be obtained. Since the sleeve 11 is adjustably connected with the shaft 22 it will be obvious that they may be relatively adjusted as the cream is removed from the cans 2, and when the device is not in use the holder 27 can be lifted from the cans and placed in a container filled with Water.

' A ring 4-2 frictionally engages around the upper end of the holder 2T and is capable of being slid downwardly thereon to scrape off any cream which may adhere thereto.

that is claimed is zl. A device of the class described, comprising a frame, a sleeve adjustably connected with the frame, means for adjustably mounting the frame upon an ice cream containing cabinet, a shaft engaged in the sleeve, means for adj ustably interlocking the sleeve with the shaft, and a box holder connected with the shaft, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a box holder, a shaft detachably connected with the holder, said shaft being adapted to be adjustably mounted upon an ice cream containing cabinet, a rod slidable in the shaft and having a disk upon its lower end for movement in the box holder, a casing carried by the upper end of the shaft, and means carried by the. rod for cooperation with the casing to hold the rod, and thus the disk in selected adjusted positions, as and for the purpose set forth.

A device of the class described, comprising a frame, telescopically connected sections adapted to adjustably connect the frame to an ice cream containing cabinet, a hollow shaft adjustably connected with the frame and having` a box holder detachably connected to its lower end, a rod slidable in the shaft and having a disk upon its lower end adapted to engage a box mounted in the holder, a casing mounted upon the upper end of the shaft, said casing having notches formed therein, a pin carried by the rod for selectively engaging thenotches to holdthe disk in adjusted positions to engage boxes of varying capacities mounted in the box holder.

et. A device of the class described, comprising a shaft adapted to be adjustably mounted upon an ice cream containing cabinet, a box holder carried by the shaft adapted to hold a box, a rod mounted in the shaft and havingY a. disk fixed to its lower end for engaging the box in the Vholder to prevent upward movement thereof in the holder when the holder is forced into a body of icecream, and means for adjusting the` rod for engagement with boxes of varying capacities.

A device of the class described, comprising a shaft adapted to be mounted upon an ice cream containing cabinet, a box holder removably connected with the shaft, a frame adjustably connected with the shaft, means for pivotally and adjustably connecting the frame with the cabinet, and a handle for operating the frame to force the holder into an ice cream can contained in the cabinet.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

OLLIE B. NEXVMAN. 

